Gamma Phi Beta Honored With Women in Higher Education Achievement Award Karen Horney Holbrook (Wisconsin) will be honored by the National Panhellenic Conference with the Women in Higher Education Achievement Award on October 22, 2005 in Houston. This award recognizes Dr. Holbrook's leadership as President of the prestigious Ohio State University where she models achievement for college and life-long learners. Among her many impressive accomplishments, she took a most difficult and controversial position to change the culture surrounding football game behavior on the campus. She convened a task force with the mayor, university and city administrators, students, community leaders, and representatives from the media and area businesses to seek solutions to destructive, alcohol-fueled behavior. Dr. Holbrook

Dr. Karen A. Holbrook, President The Ohio State University

succeeded in improving the environment at Ohio State and continues to be an advocate for policies to diminish the connections between alcohol and college sports.

"We believe we have turned a corner," she said when recognized by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services with a Director's Award. "We made the right -- though not necessarily popular -- decisions." Her writings on the subject have been widely disseminated and she has also been recognized with the Academy for Leadership Award by the Harding-Evens Foundation and with the President's Leadership Group Award by the U.S. Department of Education, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention.

Gamma Phi Beta has played a very important role in Dr. Holbrook's life and she credits the Sorority for teaching her values and standards and for the success in her career. "I am a knowledgeable advocate for the Greek system and for the activities Greek students become engaged in, on campus and in the broader community."

Prior to Ohio State, she served as the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia, where she helped create the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and played a key role in expanding Georgia's federal research funding. She is often asked to appear before Congress on behalf of American universities and is the author or co-author of 127 peer-reviewed publications, 31 invited review papers, manuscripts and proceedings, and 20 chapters of textbooks and other books. A 2004 Gamma Phi Beta Carnation Award winner, Karen says it all started at the Gamma Chapter house on Langdon Street at the University of Wisconsin. To read more about Karen Holbrook, go to http://president.osu.edu/.